Problems displaying space character in dynamic htmltext

[ceglia]

i am loading text from a TXT file called myText.txt into a dynamic text field called myTextField using loadVars.

myText.txt contains the following:

&mainText=<p><a href="#">watch video (10 mb)</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="interview/interview-01.html" target="_blank">read transcript</a></p> 

my loadVars code is set out below:

//load relevant text file.
var textVar = new LoadVars();
textVar.onLoad = function(ok) {
  if (ok) {
    myTextField.htmlText = this.mainText;
  }
};

textVar.load("myText.txt"); 

basically, i want to display two links ("watch video" and "read transcript") on the same line separated by 4 spaces. if i type the spaces in manually, only one appears. if i use the html equivalent of a space character & n b s p ;, loadVars interprets everything following the first & as a new variable.

i tried using the "\" character to have flash ignore the &, but that doesn't seem to work.

anyone have any ideas?

thanks a lot.

[pellepiano]

Try the + character.

[ceglia]

thanks, that doesn't work exactly as i'd like it to. it does add a space, but only if there is something else there. for example...

&mainText=<p><a href="#">watch video (10 mb)</a>++++<a href="interview/interview-01.html" target="_blank">read transcript</a></p> 

...displays: watch video (10mb)read transcript

but....

&mainText=<p><a href="#">watch video (10 mb)</a>++++hello++++<a href="interview/interview-01.html" target="_blank">read transcript</a></p> 

...displays: watch video (10mb)    hello  &nb sp; readtranscript

maybe i'll just throw an "or" there?

[pellepiano]

Have you tried a space instead of a hello, or url encode spaces.....

%20 is the replacement for space.

[ceglia]

i tried & n b s p; and %20, but neither seems to work. is that what you meant?

[pellepiano]

You can not use &nbsp as it contains a & character, which is used solely to separate variables. The %20 should work fine.

What I meant is that if you use + characters and they seem to work only when something else is added between them, try a ordinary space ( in between ).

[ceglia]

this is what i tried, and it doesn't work... at least not for me.

&mainText=<p><a href="#">watch video (10 mb)</a>++++%20++++<a href="interview/interview-01.html" target="_blank">read transcript</a></p> 

it ends up displaying: watch video (10mb)read transcript

if you got it to work, please let me know how, otherwise i'll just add the "or".

thanks a lot for all your help. i really appreciate it.

[pellepiano]

I meant space like ++++ ++++ ,that may be enough.

Or >+++++read transcript

It may be that you place your spaces between tags and not before or after text.

[ceglia]

hey pellepiano,

i had tried ++++ ++++ and that didn't work.

your second suggestion, >+++++read transcript, does work. the only drawback, and it's a minor one, is that the hit area of the link includes the area occupied by the +++++. not a big deal though.

thanks.